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Spellings in Alabama, Announces Plan for Reading Program Increase

MONTGOMERY Ala. Educators, legislators and state officials met with U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings Friday for a round-table discussion about No Child Left Behind that was at turns critical and complimentary, but always candid. “I thought it was stimulating conversation. I think it was straight from the heart and from professional people who are in […]

February 3, 2008

Pancho, College Bound: Chicano Creator’s Debut Film About University Life is Already a Winner

Recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau state that of the 16.6 million college students enrolled in colleges across country in 2003, 10 percent were Hispanic. Of those 1.6 million Hispanic students, at least one is a student like Pancho, very poor but determined; excited about going to college but unsure of its expectations.

January 31, 2008

Just the Stats: U.S. Behind in College Degrees

The United States is quickly falling behind other industrialized nations in terms of adults who hold a college degree, and minority groups are the least likely to attain that level of education, according to a recent report released by higher-education groups examining a state-by state analysis on access and equal opportunity for postsecondary education.

January 30, 2008

Study: Hispanic Freshman Want ‘Helicopter Parents’

The conventional wisdom has it that so-called helicopter parents are annoying their children by hovering over their every move as they apply to college. But it turns out most freshmen are happy with how involved mom and dad were during their college search.

January 30, 2008

Mexican-American Helps Minnesota Minorities Win Chance at College

MINNEAPOLIS Back in Elgin, Ill., Jennifer Godinez’s childhood home was a popular gathering spot for the neighborhood kids.

January 30, 2008

Where Do Presidential Candidates Stand on The DREAM Act?

As the presidential race heats up, a segment of the non-voting population as well as voters on both sides of the debate to help undocumented students access college will be watching to see where the candidates stand on the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act).

January 26, 2008

Transformations Through

In a day when top radio show hosts hurl sexist and racist remarks at women college athletes and White college students don Afro wigs and gold teeth at parties, it is clear that many are in need of diversity training.

January 23, 2008

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

Controversial Upward Bound experiment halted, and some MSIs win in earmarks.

January 23, 2008

Encouraging The Discouraged

An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.

January 23, 2008

Latina Wins 2007 Rona Jaffe Award

Alma García says she has always wanted to be writer. “I was one of those peculiar seven-year-olds who, when asked, ‘What are you doing?’ I would frequently answer, Oh, just writing a book.”

January 21, 2008

Just the Stats: U.S. Students Lag Behind in Math and Science

Overall, U.S. students are performing better in math and science than students in foreign countries. However, U.S. students perform considerably behind the highest-achieving countries, based on a recent study released by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization based in Washington, D.C.

January 21, 2008

Scholarship Deadlines Approach

Three opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.

January 21, 2008

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

For higher education, Congress’ long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.

January 21, 2008

Just the Stats: Hispanic Women Continue to Make Gains in Enrollment

A recent report from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) called, “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1996-2006,” revealed a slight increase in minority participation in graduate schools, rising from 26 percent in 2005 to 28 percent in 2006.

January 16, 2008

Hispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says Study

Researchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.

January 16, 2008

Hispanic Educational-Reform Group Offers Data on Learning Crisis

The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, based in Washington, D.C., compiled the following data on what it calls the “Crisis in Latino Education.”

January 16, 2008

Educational Attainment and Salary Data Released

More than half of Asians 25 years or older held a bachelor’s degree or more (52 percent) in 2007, compared to 32 percent of non-Hispanic Whites, 19 percent of Blacks and 13 percent of Hispanics, according to new U.S. Census Bureau statistics.

January 9, 2008

Hispanic Just the Stats: Picking the Right College

A college education is becoming more of the norm than in the past. However, choosing the right college or university setting can be a challenge, especially for students in minority- groups.

January 8, 2008

State Postsecondary Education Research